Astrid Suurbeek

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Astrid Suurbeek
Astrid Suurbeek (1967).jpg
Country (sports)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Born (1947-02-15) 15 February 1947 (age 77)
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Singles
Career recordno value
Career titles0
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open QF (1968)
Wimbledon 2R (1967, 1968, 1969)
Doubles
Career recordno value
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (1968)
Wimbledon 3R (1968 )
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1968)
Team competitions
Fed Cup F (1968)
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Summer Universiade
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1967 Tokyo Women's Doubles

Astrid Suurbeek (born 15 February 1947) is a former Dutch tennis player who was mainly active in the late 1960s.

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Career

Suurbeek won the singles Dutch championship at Scheveningen in 1967 and 1982 [1] as well as the doubles and mixed doubles in 1968.

She competed in the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo and won the women's doubles Gold medal with Ada Bakker. [2]

Suurbeek played for the Dutch Federation Cup team that reached the 1968 final against Australia, played at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris. In the final, she played Australian multiple Grand Slam winner Margaret Court and lost in straight sets, 1–6, 3–6. Australia won the final 3–0. [3] [4] In the same year, she reached the women's singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open which she lost to eventual champion Billie Jean King. [5]

Suurbeek played in the ladies' singles competition at Wimbledon in 1967, 1968 and 1969.

In 1980, she was voted Female Player of the Year by the USA Tennis Florida Adult Competitive Tennis Council. [6] In 1983, she won the USTA National Indoor Women`s 35 Championships in St. Louis and was ranked first in the USTA women`s 35s. [7]

She is currently head tennis professional at Gleneagles Country Club in Delray Beach, Florida. [8]

Career finals

Doubles (2 runner-ups)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jan 1968 Auckland, New ZealandGrass Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ada Bakker Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry Melville
Flag of France.svg Gail Sherriff
0–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Jul 1968 Hilversum, NetherlandsHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Judy Tegart Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Annette Van Zyl
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Pat Walkden
2–6, 6–3, 3–6

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